ARIA Music Awards of 2002

The 16th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards) were held on 15 October, 2002. They were presented at the Sydney SuperDome.

The following list includes the winners highlighted in bold, and the nominations below them.

Awards

*Album Of The Year
**Kasey Chambers - "Barricades & Brickwalls"
**Alex Lloyd - "Watching Angels Mend"
**George - "Polyserena"
**Kylie Minogue - "Fever"
**Silverchair - "Diorama"

*Single Of The Year
**Kylie Minogue - "Can't Get You Out Of My Head"
**Alex Lloyd - "Amazing"
**Grinspoon - "Chemical Heart"
**Kasey Chambers - "Not Pretty Enough"
**The Vines - "Get Free"

*Highest Selling Album
**Kylie Minogue - "Fever"
**Alex Lloyd - "Watching Angels Mend"
**Kasey Chambers - "Barricades & Brickwalls"
**Nikki Webster - "Follow Your Heart"
**The 12th Man - "The Final Dig?"

*Highest Selling Single
**Kylie Minogue - "Can't Get You Out Of My Head"
**Alex Lloyd - "Amazing"
**Holly Valance - "Kiss Kiss"
**Kasey Chambers - "Not Pretty Enough"
**Shakaya - "Stop Calling Me"

*Best Group
**Silverchair - "Diorama"
**George - "Polyserena"
**Grinspoon - "New Detention"
**Powderfinger - "The Metre"
**The Vines - "Highly Evolved"

*Best Female Artist
**Kasey Chambers - "Barricades & Brickwalls"
**Holly Valance - "Kiss Kiss"
**Kylie Minogue - "Fever"
**Lisa Miller - "Car Tape"
**Natalie Imbruglia - "White Lillies Island"

*Best Male Artist
**Alex Lloyd - "Watching Angels Mend"
**Dan Brodie - "Empty Arms Broken Hearts"
**Darren Hayes - "Spin"
**Paul Kelly - "Nothing But a Dream"
**Paulmac - "3000 Feet High"

*Breakthrough Artist - Album
**george - "Polyserena"
**1200 Techniques - "Choose One"
**Dan Brodie & The Broken Arrows - "Empty Arms Broken Hearts"
**Eskimo Joe - "Girl"
**The Vines - "Highly Evolved"

*Breakthrough Artist - Single
**The Vines - "Get Free"
**1200 Techniques - "Karma"
**Holly Valance - "Kiss Kiss"
**Machine Gun Fellatio - "Girl of my Dreams (Is Giving Me Nightmares)"
**The Waifs - "London Still"

*Best Pop Release
**Kylie Minogue - "Fever"
**Disco Montego - "Beautiful"
**george - "Polyserena"
**Holly Valance - "Kiss Kiss"
**The Whitlams - "Torch The Moon"

*Best Dance Release
**Paulmac - "3000 Feet High"
**1200 Techniques - "Karma"
**Gerling - "Dust Me Selecta"
**Katalyst - "Manipulating Agent"
**Love Tattoo - "Love Tattoo"

*Best Rock Album
**Silverchair - "Diorama"
**Alex Lloyd - "Watching Angels Mend"
**Grinspoon - "New Detention"
**Motor Ace - "Shoot This"
**The Vines - "Highly Evolved"

*Best Country Album
**Kasey Chambers - "Barricades & Brickwalls"
**Adam Harvey - "Workin' Overtime"
**Catherine Britt - "Dusty Smiles and Heartbreak Cures"
**Lee Kernaghan - "Electric Rodeo"
**Troy Cassar-Daley - "Long Way Home"

*Best Independent Release
**1200 Techniques - "Karma"
**Icecream Hands - "Rain Hail Shine"
**Killing Heidi - "Heavensent"
**Lisa Miller - "Car Tape"
**The Waifs - "London Still"

*Best Adult Contemporary Album
**Paul Kelly - "Nothing But a Dream"
**Archie Roach - "Sensual Being"
**Jimmy Little - "Resonate"
**Lisa Miller - "Car Tape"
**Vika & Linda - "Love Is Mighty Close"

*Best Jazz Album
**Andrea Keller - "Thirteen Sketches"
**Dale Barlow - "Dale Barlow Live"
**James Morrison - "Scream Machine"
**James Muller - "Thrum"
**The Umbrellas - "Bravo Nino Rota"

*Best Blues & Roots Album
**Jeff Lang & Bob Brozman - "Rolling Through This World"
**The Backsliders - "Hanoi"
**Bondi Cigars - "Down In The Valley"
**Dave Steel - "Home Is A Hard Thing To Find"
**Mick Hart - "Upside Down In The Full Face Of Optimism"

*Best Classical Album
**Slava Grigoryan - "Sonatas & Fantasies"
**David Hobson - "Handel: Arias"
**Genevieve Lacey / Linda Kent - "Piracy"
**Geoffrey Lancaster - "Haydn: Keyboard Sonatas Volume 1"
**Yvonne Kenny / "Adelaide Symphony Orchestra - Gorecki: Symphony No. 3"

*Best Children's Album
**Hi-5 - "Boom Boom Beat"
**The Hooley Dooleys - "Roll Up! Roll Up!"
**The Star Girls - "The Star Girls From Planet Groove"
**Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sean O'Boyle - "Symphony Of Lullabies"
**The Wiggles - "Wiggly Safari"

*Best Comedy Release
**The 12th Man - "The Final Dig?"
**The Drugs - "The Bold and The Beautiful"
**Kevin Bloody Wilson - "The Second Kumin' Of Kev"
**Slamming Sam Kekovich - "You Know It Makes Sense"
**Umbilical Brothers - "Don't Dance To This"

*Best Original Cast / Show Recording
**Various - "The Man From Snowy River Arena Spectacular"
**Judi Connelli - "Back To Before"
**Opera Australia / Simone Young - "Verdi: Requiem"
**Original Australian Cast Recording - "The Wizard of Oz"
**Play Act One - "Story Of Abbey"

*Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
**Paul Kelly/Shane O' Mara/Steve Hadley/Bruce Haymes/Peter Luscombe - "Lantana"
**Composed by Graham Tardif & Rolf de Heer / Performed by Archie Roach for "Archie Roach - The Tracker"
**David Thrussell - "The Hard Word"
**Mario Millo - "Changi"
**Various - "Dirty Deeds"

*Best World Music Album
**Monsieur Camembert - "Live on Stage"
**Coda - "There Is A Way To Fly"
**Kim Sanders - "You Can't Get There From Here"
**Nabarlek - "Bininj Manborlh / Blackfella Road"
**Various - "Corroboration"

*Producer Of The Year
**Daniel Johns (Co-Producer) for - Silverchair - "Diorama"
**Alex Lloyd (with Magnus Fiennes) for Alex Lloyd - "Watching Angels Mend"
**Daniel Denholm for Whitlams The - "Torch The Moon"
**David Nicholas with George for George - "Polyserena"
**Gerling / Magoo for Gerling - "When Young Terrorists Chase the Sun"
**Phil McKellar for Grinspoon - "New Detention"
**Richard Pleasance & Paul Kelly for Archie Roach - "Sensual Being"

*Engineer Of The Year
**Anton Hagop for - Silverchair - "Diorama"
**Adam Rhodes & DW Norton for Superheist - "A Dignified Rage"
**Daniel Denholm for The Whitlams - "Torch The Moon"
**Paulmac for Paulmac - "3000 Feet High"
**Phil McKellar for Grinspoon - "Chemical Heart"

*Best Video
**Michael Gracey/Babyfoot Productions for - 1200 Techniques - "Karma"
**Jolyon Watkins for Gerling - "Dust Me Selecta"
**Michael Spiccia/Prodigy Films for Disco Montego - "Beautiful"
**Nash Edgerton for Eskimo Joe - "Liar"
**Square-Eyed Films for Silverchair - "The Greatest View"

*Best Cover Art
**Darren Glindemann/John Watson/Melissa Chenery/Daniel Johns for - Silverchair - "Diorama"
**Art Of The State - Scott James Smith for The Whitlams - "Torch The Moon"
**Campbell Murray Creating for Kasey Chambers - "Barricades & Brickwalls"
**Chris Von Sanden for George - "Polyserena"
**Craig Nicholls for The Vines - "Highly Evolved"

Outstanding Achievement Award

"Kylie Minogue" received an Outstanding Achievement Award.

Hall of Fame Inductee

"Olivia Newton-John" was inducted into to ARIA Hall of Fame.

ee also

*Australian music